Stripping Paint on an El Camino - Precision Restorations

[PrecisionRestor]

Aguichris: You can first strip the paint (to bare metal), etch and seal, body work, prime, sand, then paint.  Or you can simply sand and paint the vehicle. It depends what condition the body is in and what quality you are trying to achieve.

[aguichris]

whenever you paint a car you have to leave the bare metal or do you strip the paint of til you see the greyy paint thing ???

[vfIskullangel]

Aircraft stripper for the win!

[YoungJohnson76]

what kind of sander is this

[srvblues100]

I was always told to lay your bondo on bare metal and the prime. Also why an etch primer its not new metal would'nt a epoxy primer be okay?

[PrecisionRestor]

@srvblues100 You want to lay an etch primer on bare metal every time. The reason for this is that an etch primer has an acid base to it and it will bite into the bare metal. Anything else will seem to adhere to the metal but will begin to flake off over time.

[PrecisionRestor]

We usually start with a chemical stripper and then will finish with either 40 grit or 80 grit. After you are down to bare metal you will use an etch primer over the bare metal. It has an acid in it that will bite into the bare metal. Then you can do your body work. To finish the body work use 220 then 320 grit. Finally, you can lay your normal primer.

[rotarycorvette1]

oh what grit is this and after the body work what grit should i use before primer and what king of primer etching epoxy or normal?